Upgrading a Compaq Presario 5000c

Hello,

I have an old Compaq Presario 5000c which has a Duron 800 Mhz
processor and
128 MB of RAM. Is it feasible to upgrade this computer? I was thinking
of putting a
new economy motherboard in it,

(PC Chips (M810LMR-Ver7.0) Athlon/Duron/XP Ready SiS730S Chipset
w/Audio/Lan/Video UDMA-133 Micro 2PCI 1AGP ATX (No IO SHIELD, No
Accesories, No Drivers) 60 Day Warranty DEMO Board 1 $15.00 $15.00)


so I can use a spare 512 MB DDR chip because that RAM that's compatible
to the current board is overpriced for what it is. . I have a few extra
power supplies that I could also use. I don't care if I have to modify
the case a little to make everything fit together.
or throw everything into another case I have lying around..It's a
utility computer I use to run one program that operates a milling
machine, so it doesn't have to be extremely fast, but I'd like it to be
a little faster, if possible. Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.

Jesse

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